Aufgabenträger · Sachsen
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen
- Abbreviation
- VMS
- Land / remit
- Sachsen
- Legal form
- Zweckverband
- Seat
- Chemnitz
Am Rathaus 2, 09111 Chemnitz
- Website
- www.vms.de
- Management
- Mathias Korda, Geschäftsführer (as of 6 July 2026)
Background
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen — public-law Zweckverband of the Chemnitz area districts and the City of Chemnitz. Aufgabenträger for SPNV in Mittelsachsen; part of the Saxon ATs that coordinate through ZVOE / VVO at the Land level.
Remit and mandate
SPNV-Aufgabenträger for the Central Saxony area; includes Chemnitz tram-train model under the 'Chemnitzer Modell'.
Tender pipeline — Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025
The following lots are listed in the 2025 Wettbewerbsfahrplan (BSN) with this authority as the lead or as a participating authority. Leadership counts: 2 lot(s) as lead authority, 3 lot(s) as participating authority.
As lead authority
No. 78
Elektronetz Mittelsachsen II (EMS II)
TBD · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — TBD
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric · 5,83 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- RE 3 Dresden – Chemnitz – Hof RB 30 Dresden – Chemnitz – Zwickau RB 45 Chemnitz – Riesa – Elsterwerda
No. 85
Chemnitzer Modell
TBD · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — TBD
- Services
- Other · Diesel + Electric · 3,30 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: TBD
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- C 11 Chemnitz – Stollberg – Oelsnitz (– Glauchau) C 12 Chemnitz – Limbach-Oberfrohna C 13 Burgstädt – Chemnitz – Aue C 14 (Döbeln –) Mittweida – Chemnitz – Thalheim C 15 Chemnitz – Hainichen
- Remarks
- genauer Umfang der Betriebsleistung contingent on in Betrieb genommener Ausbaustufe des Chemnitzer Modells
As participating authority
No. 21
S-Bahn Dresden
Gross with incentive · Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Contract term
- 12.12.2027 — 12.12.2042
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric · 3,92 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: no · ETCS: no
- Operator
- DB Regio (awarded)
- Lines
- S 1 Meißen-Trieb. – Dresden – Pirna – Schöna S 2 Flughafen Dresden – Dresden – Pirna S 3 Dresden – Tharandt – Freiberg S 5 Dresden – Cossebauda – Coswig – Riesa (Option)
- Remarks
- Awarded to DB Regio
No. 7
MDSB2025plus
Gross with incentive · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 13.12.2026 — 11.12.2038
- Services
- S-Bahn · Electric + Battery · 10,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: yes · New-build: no · ETCS: pre-equipped
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- S 4 Torgau – Leipzig – Wurzen (– Riesa) S 6 Naumburg / Merseburg – Leipzig-Stötteritz S 1 Leipzig Miltitzer Allee – Borsdorf – Grimma – Döbeln S 10 Schkeuditz – Leipzig Miltitzer Allee S 3 Halle-Nietleben – Leipzig – Borna – Geithain S 5 Halle-Trotha – Flughafen L/HAL – Leipzig – Altenburg – Gößnitz – Glauchau / Werdau – Zwickau S 5X Halle-Trotha – Flughafen L/HAL – Leipzig – Altenburg – Werdau – Zwickau / Plauen
- Remarks
- 2 lots of battery new-build units; no legacy fleet available; train-km without options.
No. 68
Thüringer Elektro Netz
Gross · Open procedure
- Contract term
- 15.12.2030 — 12.12.2043
- Services
- RB + RE · Electric + Battery · 5,80 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Pool: no · New-build: yes · ETCS: retrofit
- Operator
- Not yet awarded / see authority
- Lines
- Göttingen – Gera Erfurt – Glauchau (– Chemnitz) Erfurt – Altenburg Erfurt – Eisenach Eisenach – Naumburg Weimar – Jena-Göschwitz
Source: Bundesverband SchienenNahverkehr (BSN), Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025. Data are as published in the Wettbewerbsfahrplan and have not been independently verified against the underlying tender documentation.
Recent tender activity (TED, 2026)
Recent notices in the Supplement to the Official Journal (TED) with this authority as a lead or participating authority. This complements the Wettbewerbsfahrplan 2025 pipeline above; for the cross-cutting read see the development note SPNV procurement wave, mid-2026.
TED 512412-2026
EMS-Vergabe 2030 (Elektronetz Mittelsachsen)
Prior information notice
- Contract term
- from 15.12.2030 · min. 12 timetable years, max. 15 yr
- Services
- SPNV · Electric · ~5,75 M train-km/yr
- Rolling stock
- Provided in full by ZVMS for the entire contract term
- Key date
- Market sounding on vehicle provision and maintenance — registration by 31.08.2026, sessions mid/late September 2026 in Chemnitz
- Lines
- RE 3 Dresden – Chemnitz – Plauen – Hof; RB 30 Dresden – Chemnitz – Zwickau; RB 30V Chemnitz – Zwickau; RB 45 Chemnitz – Riesa – Elsterwerda
- Remarks
- Launch subject to approval by the individual authorities’ governing bodies; for Land Brandenburg also to budget availability
Source: TED notices as cited (publication numbers). Facts are as published in the notices and have not been independently verified against the full tender documentation.
Further reading
Last reviewed: 3 August 2026.